The Colorado Supreme Court is removing former President Donald Trump from the primary ballot, saying he is ineligible to be president.
In a stunning and unprecedented decision, the Colorado Supreme Court removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s 2024 ballot, ruling that he isn’t an eligible presidential candidate because of the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban.”
“Even when the siege on the Capitol was fully underway, he continued to support it by repeatedly demanding that Vice President (Mike) Pence refuse to perform his constitutional duty and by calling Senators to persuade them to stop the counting of electoral votes.
“President Trump’s direct and express efforts, over several months, exhorting his supporters to march to the Capitol to prevent what he falsely characterized as an alleged fraud on the people of this country were indisputably overt and voluntary.”
Ratified after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment says officials who take an oath to support the Constitution are banned from future office if they “engaged in insurrection.” But the wording is vague, it doesn’t explicitly mention the presidency, and has only been applied twice since 1919.
We have full confidence that the U.S. Supreme Court will quickly rule in our favor and finally put an end to these unAmerican lawsuits,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement.
Chief Justice Brian Boatright, one of the three dissenters on the seven-member court, wrote that he believes Colorado election law “was not enacted to decide whether a candidate engaged in insurrection,” and said he would have dismissed the challenge to Trump’s eligibility.
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AP: Colorado Supreme Court bans Trump from the state’s ballot under Constitution’s insurrection clause | @negativenull@startrek.website
Washington Post: Donald Trump is barred from Colorado’s 2024 primary ballot, the state Supreme Court rules | @silence7@slrpnk.net
CNBC: Colorado Supreme Court disqualifies Trump from 2024 ballot, pauses ruling to allow appeal | @return2ozma
NBC News: Colorado Supreme Court kicks Donald Trump off the state’s 2024 ballot for violating the U.S. Constitution. | 18-24-61-B-17-17-4
CNN: Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot | A Phlaming Phoenix
CNN:Colorado Supreme Court removes Trump from 2024 ballot based on 14th Amendment’s ‘insurrectionist ban’ | @Boddhisatva
New York Times: Trump Is Disqualified From the 2024 Ballot, Colorado Supreme Court Rules | @silence7@slrpnk.net
If the SCOTUS agrees with the ruling, is Trump banned from all state ballots or Colorado only?
They can decline to hear the case, in which case the ruling would stand in Colorado.
But they won’t cause SCOTUS sucks
Allowing T***p to become the dictator he promised to be would, by extension, reduce or eliminate the power of the Supreme Court.
They won’t like that.
You afraid of his name??? Censoring his name makes no sense. If anything, it implies giving into fear, which by extension gives that orange turd power of you…
Above all else, he loves seeing his name in print. I’m sick of seeing it. I don’t feel like adding to his ego boost.
Umm. You don’t actually believe he will ever even see your post, do you?? If you don’t want to draw other people’s attention to him, then don’t post about him in the first place.
Sorry, but it’s like you actually are letting him live in your head rent free. Just…really weird.
They’ll hear it. And we all know what that means. But I’m still going to enjoy it while it lasts.
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That’s a great question. I’m not sure we will really know what the precedent will be until it happens.
As far as I can tell, the specifics of Colorado law aren’t super important to the decision, so the three broad categories are:
I’m personally hoping for the third, since it seems very unlikely SCOTUS would find Trump ineligible today. If you haven’t read the Colorado decision, the dissenting opinions are interesting in how diverse they are.
I haven’t had a chance to yet, but I plan on reading them this week.
I can’t see how option 3 happens. Different states have ruled in different ways; and this is a very important mattered. I can’t imagine any Supreme Court declining to hear this case; let alone a Supreme Court that is as obsessed with judicial supremecy as this one is.
A ruling by the Supreme Court would cover all states is my understanding.
I don’t think it would be automatic, he would have to be challenged and removed.